3517.10
Statements of campaign contributions and expenditures.

(A)
Except as otherwise provided in this division, every campaign committee,
political action committee, legislative campaign fund, political party, and
political contributing entity that made or received a contribution or made an
expenditure in connection with the nomination or election of any candidate or
in connection with any ballot issue or question at any election held or to be
held in this state shall file, on a form prescribed under this section or by
electronic means of transmission as provided in this section and section
3517.106 of the Revised Code, a full, true, and itemized statement, made under
penalty of election falsification, setting forth in detail the contributions
and expenditures, not later than four p.m. of the following dates:

(1)
The twelfth day before the election to reflect contributions received and
expenditures made from the close of business on the last day reflected in the
last previously filed statement, if any, to the close of business on the
twentieth day before the election;

(2)
The thirty-eighth day after the election to reflect the contributions received
and expenditures made from the close of business on the last day reflected in
the last previously filed statement, if any, to the close of business on the
seventh day before the filing of the statement;

(3)
The last business day of January of every year to reflect the contributions
received and expenditures made from the close of business on the last day
reflected in the last previously filed statement, if any, to the close of
business on the last day of December of the previous year;

(4)
The last business day of July of every year to reflect the contributions
received and expenditures made from the close of business on the last day
reflected in the last previously filed statement, if any, to the close of
business on the last day of June of that year.

A campaign committee
shall only be required to file the statements prescribed under divisions (A)(1)
and (2) of this section in connection with the nomination or election of the
committee's candidate.

The statement required
under division (A)(1) of this section shall not be required of any campaign
committee, political action committee, legislative campaign fund, political
party, or political contributing entity that has received contributions of less
than one thousand dollars and has made expenditures of less than one thousand
dollars at the close of business on the twentieth day before the election.
Those contributions and expenditures shall be reported in the statement
required under division (A)(2) of this section.

If an election to
select candidates to appear on the general election ballot is held within sixty
days before a general election, the campaign committee of a successful
candidate in the earlier election may file the statement required by division
(A)(1) of this section for the general election instead of the statement
required by division (A)(2) of this section for the earlier election if the
pregeneral election statement reflects the status of contributions and
expenditures for the period twenty days before the earlier election to twenty
days before the general election.

If a person becomes a
candidate less than twenty days before an election, the candidate's campaign
committee is not required to file the statement required by division (A)(1) of
this section.

No statement under
division (A)(3) of this section shall be required for any year in which a
campaign committee, political action committee, legislative campaign fund,
political party, or political contributing entity is required to file a
postgeneral election statement under division (A)(2) of this section. However,
a statement under division (A)(3) of this section may be filed, at the option
of the campaign committee, political action committee, legislative campaign
fund, political party, or political contributing entity.

No campaign committee
of a candidate for the office of chief justice or justice of the supreme court,
and no campaign committee of a candidate for the office of judge of any court
in this state, shall be required to file a statement under division (A)(4) of
this section.

Except as otherwise
provided in this paragraph and in the next paragraph of this section, the only
campaign committees required to file a statement under division (A)(4) of this
section are the campaign committee of a statewide candidate and the campaign
committee of a candidate for county office. The campaign committee of a
candidate for any other nonjudicial office is required to file a statement
under division (A)(4) of this section if that campaign committee receives,
during that period, contributions exceeding ten thousand dollars.

No statement under
division (A)(4) of this section shall be required of a campaign committee, a
political action committee, a legislative campaign fund, a political party, or
a political contributing entity for any year in which the campaign committee,
political action committee, legislative campaign fund, political party, or
political contributing entity is required to file a postprimary election
statement under division (A)(2) of this section. However, a statement under
division (A)(4) of this section may be filed at the option of the campaign
committee, political action committee, legislative campaign fund, political
party, or political contributing entity.

No statement under
division (A)(3) or (4) of this section shall be required if the campaign
committee, political action committee, legislative campaign fund, political
party, or political contributing entity has no contributions that it has
received and no expenditures that it has made since the last date reflected in
its last previously filed statement. However, the campaign committee, political
action committee, legislative campaign fund, political party, or political
contributing entity shall file a statement to that effect, on a form prescribed
under this section and made under penalty of election falsification, on the
date required in division (A)(3) or (4) of this section, as applicable.

The campaign committee
of a statewide candidate shall file a monthly statement of contributions
received during each of the months of July, August, and September in the year
of the general election in which the candidate seeks office. The campaign
committee of a statewide candidate shall file the monthly statement not later
than three business days after the last day of the month covered by the
statement. During the period beginning on the nineteenth day before the general
election in which a statewide candidate seeks election to office and extending
through the day of that general election, each time the campaign committee of
the joint candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor or of
a candidate for the office of secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer
of state, or attorney general receives a contribution from a contributor that
causes the aggregate amount of contributions received from that contributor
during that period to equal or exceed ten thousand dollars and each time the
campaign committee of a candidate for the office of chief justice or justice of
the supreme court receives a contribution from a contributor that causes the
aggregate amount of contributions received from that contributor during that
period to exceed ten thousand dollars, the campaign committee shall file a
two-business-day statement reflecting that contribution.
Contributions reported on a two-business-day statement
required to be filed by a campaign committee of a statewide candidate in a
primary election shall also be included in the postprimary election statement
required to be filed by that campaign committee under division (A)(2) of this
section. A two-business-day statement required by this paragraph shall be filed
not later than two business days after receipt of the contribution. The
statements required by this paragraph shall be filed in addition to any other
statements required by this section.

Subject to the
secretary of state having implemented, tested, and verified the successful
operation of any system the secretary of state prescribes pursuant to divisions
(C)(6)(b) and (D)(6) of this section and division (H)(1) of section 3517.106 of
the Revised Code for the filing of campaign finance statements by electronic
means of transmission, a campaign committee of a statewide candidate shall file
a two-business-day statement under the preceding paragraph by electronic means
of transmission if the campaign committee is required to file a pre-election,
postelection, or monthly statement of contributions and expenditures by
electronic means of transmission under this section or section 3517.106 of the
Revised Code.

If a campaign
committee or political action committee has no balance on hand and no
outstanding obligations and desires to terminate itself, it shall file a
statement to that effect, on a form prescribed under this section and made
under penalty of election falsification, with the official with whom it files a
statement under division (A) of this section after filing a final statement of
contributions and a final statement of expenditures, if contributions have been
received or expenditures made since the period reflected in its last previously
filed statement.

(B)
Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(7) of this section, each statement
required by division (A) of this section shall contain the following
information:

(1)
The full
name and address of each campaign committee, political action committee,
legislative campaign fund, political party, or political contributing entity,
including any treasurer of the committee, fund, party, or entity, filing a
contribution and expenditure statement;

(i)
The full name and address of each person, political party, campaign committee,
legislative campaign fund, political action committee, or political
contributing entity from whom contributions are received and the registration
number assigned to the political action committee under division (D)(1) of this
section. The requirement of filing the full address does not apply to any
statement filed by a state or local committee of a political party, to a
finance committee of such committee, or to a committee recognized by a state or
local committee as its fund-raising auxiliary. Notwithstanding division (F) of
this section, the requirement of filing the full address shall be considered as
being met if the address filed is the same address the contributor provided
under division (E)(1) of this section.

(ii)
If a political action committee, political contributing entity, legislative
campaign fund, or political party that is required to file campaign finance
statements by electronic means of transmission under section 3517.106 of the
Revised Code or a campaign committee of a statewide candidate or candidate for
the office of member of the general assembly receives a contribution from an
individual that exceeds one hundred dollars, the name of the individual's
current employer, if any, or, if the individual is self-employed, the
individual's occupation and the name of the individual's business, if
any;

(iii)
If a
campaign committee of a statewide candidate or candidate for the office of
member of the general assembly receives a contribution transmitted pursuant to
section 3599.031 of the Revised Code from amounts deducted from the wages and
salaries of two or more employees that exceeds in the aggregate one hundred
dollars during any one filing period under division (A)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of
this section, the full name of the employees' employer and the full name of the
labor organization of which the employees are members, if any.

(e)
A separately itemized account of all contributions and expenditures regardless
of the amount, except a receipt of a contribution from a person in the sum of
twenty-five dollars or less at one social or fund-raising activity and a
receipt of a contribution transmitted pursuant to section 3599.031 of the
Revised Code from amounts deducted from the wages and salaries of employees if
the contribution from the amount deducted from the wages and salary of any one
employee is twenty-five dollars or less aggregated in a calendar year. An
account of the total contributions from each social or fund-raising activity
shall include a description of and the value of each in-kind contribution
received at that activity from any person who made one or more such
contributions whose aggregate value exceeded two hundred fifty dollars and
shall be listed separately, together with the expenses incurred and paid in
connection with that activity. A campaign committee, political action
committee, legislative campaign fund, political party, or political
contributing entity shall keep records of contributions from each person in the
amount of twenty-five dollars or less at one social or fund-raising activity
and contributions from amounts deducted under section 3599.031 of the Revised
Code from the wages and salary of each employee in the amount of twenty-five
dollars or less aggregated in a calendar year. No continuing association that
is recognized by a state or local committee of a political party as an
auxiliary of the party and that makes a contribution from funds derived solely
from regular dues paid by members of the auxiliary shall be required to list
the name or address of any members who paid those dues.

Contributions that are
other income shall be itemized separately from all other contributions. The
information required under division (B)(4) of this section shall be provided
for all other income itemized. As used in this paragraph, "other income" means
a loan, investment income, or interest income.

(f)
In the case of a campaign committee of a state elected officer, if a person
doing business with the state elected officer in the officer's official
capacity makes a contribution to the campaign committee of that officer, the
information required under division (B)(4) of this section in regard to that
contribution, which shall be filed together with and considered a part of the
committee's statement of contributions as required under division (A) of this
section but shall be filed on a separate form provided by the secretary of
state. As used in this division:

(i)
"State elected officer" has the same meaning as in section 3517.092 of the
Revised Code.

(ii)
"Person
doing business" means a person or an officer of an entity who enters into one
or more contracts with a state elected officer or anyone authorized to enter
into contracts on behalf of that officer to receive payments for goods or
services, if the payments total, in the aggregate, more than five thousand
dollars during a calendar year.

(5)
A statement of expenditures which shall include the following information:

(b)
The full name and address of each person, political party, campaign committee,
legislative campaign fund, political action committee, or political
contributing entity to whom the expenditure was made and the registration
number assigned to the political action committee under division (D)(1) of this
section;

(1)
The statement of contributions and expenditures shall be signed by the person
completing the form. If a statement of contributions and expenditures is filed
by electronic means of transmission pursuant to this section or section
3517.106 of the Revised Code, the electronic signature of the person who
executes the statement and transmits the statement by electronic means of
transmission, as provided in division (H) of section 3517.106 of the Revised
Code, shall be attached to or associated with the statement and shall be
binding on all persons and for all purposes under the campaign finance
reporting law as if the signature had been handwritten in ink on a printed
form.

(2)
The
person filing the statement, under penalty of election falsification, shall
include with it a list of each anonymous contribution, the circumstances under
which it was received, and the reason it cannot be attributed to a specific
donor.

(3)
Each
statement of a campaign committee of a candidate who holds public office shall
contain a designation of each contributor who is an employee in any unit or
department under the candidate's direct supervision and control. In a space
provided in the statement, the person filing the statement shall affirm that
each such contribution was voluntarily made.

(4)
A campaign committee that did not receive contributions or make expenditures in
connection with the nomination or election of its candidate shall file a
statement to that effect, on a form prescribed under this section and made
under penalty of election falsification, on the date required in division
(A)(2) of this section.

(5)
The campaign committee of any person who attempts to become a candidate and
who, for any reason, does not become certified in accordance with Title XXXV of
the Revised Code for placement on the official ballot of a primary, general, or
special election to be held in this state, and who, at any time prior to or
after an election, receives contributions or makes expenditures, or has given
consent for another to receive contributions or make expenditures, for the
purpose of bringing about the person's nomination or election to public office,
shall file the statement or statements prescribed by this section and a
termination statement, if applicable. Division (C)(5) of this section does not
apply to any person with respect to an election to the offices of member of a
county or state central committee, presidential elector, or delegate to a
national convention or conference of a political party.

(a)
The statements required to be filed under this section shall specify the
balance in the hands of the campaign committee, political action committee,
legislative campaign fund, political party, or political contributing entity
and the disposition intended to be made of that balance.

(b)
The secretary of state shall prescribe the form for all statements required to
be filed under this section and shall furnish the forms to the boards of
elections in the several counties. The boards of elections shall supply printed
copies of those forms without charge. The secretary of state shall prescribe
the appropriate methodology, protocol, and data file structure for statements
required or permitted to be filed by electronic means of transmission under
division (A) of this section, divisions (E), (F), and (G) of section 3517.106,
division (D) of section 3517.1011, division (B) of section 3517.1012, division
(C) of section 3517.1013, and divisions (D) and (I) of section 3517.1014 of the
Revised Code. Subject to division (A) of this section, divisions (E), (F), and
(G) of section 3517.106, division (D) of section 3517.1011, division (B) of
section 3517.1012, division (C) of section 3517.1013, and divisions (D) and (I)
of section 3517.1014 of the Revised Code, the statements required to be stored
on computer by the secretary of state under division (B) of section 3517.106 of
the Revised Code shall be filed in whatever format the secretary of state
considers necessary to enable the secretary of state to store the information
contained in the statements on computer. Any such format shall be of a type and
nature that is readily available to whoever is required to file the statements
in that format.

(c)
The
secretary of state shall assess the need for training regarding the filing of
campaign finance statements by electronic means of transmission and regarding
associated technologies for candidates, campaign committees, political action
committees, legislative campaign funds, political parties, or political
contributing entities, for individuals, partnerships, or other entities, for
persons making disbursements to pay the direct costs of producing or airing
electioneering communications, or for treasurers of transition funds, required
or permitted to file statements by electronic means of transmission under this
section or section 3517.105, 3517.106, 3517.1011, 3517.1012, 3517.1013, or
3517.1014 of the Revised Code. If, in the opinion of the secretary of state,
training in these areas is necessary, the secretary of state shall arrange for
the provision of voluntary training programs for candidates, campaign
committees, political action committees, legislative campaign funds, political
parties, or political contributing entities, for individuals, partnerships, and
other entities, for persons making disbursements to pay the direct costs of
producing or airing electioneering communications, or for treasurers of
transition funds, as appropriate.

(7)
Each monthly statement and each two-business-day statement required by division
(A) of this section shall contain the information required by divisions (B)(1)
to (4), (C)(2), and, if appropriate, (C)(3) of this section. Each statement
shall be signed as required by division (C)(1) of this section.

(1)
Prior to receiving a contribution or making an expenditure, every campaign
committee, political action committee, legislative campaign fund, political
party, or political contributing entity shall appoint a treasurer and shall
file, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, a designation of that
appointment, including the full name and address of the treasurer and of the
campaign committee, political action committee, legislative campaign fund,
political party, or political contributing entity. That designation shall be
filed with the official with whom the campaign committee, political action
committee, legislative campaign fund, political party, or political
contributing entity is required to file statements under section 3517.11 of the
Revised Code. The name of a campaign committee shall include at least the last
name of the campaign committee's candidate. If two or more candidates are the
beneficiaries of a single campaign committee under division (B) of section
3517.081 of the Revised Code, the name of the campaign committee shall include
at least the last name of each candidate who is a beneficiary of that campaign
committee. The secretary of state shall assign a registration number to each
political action committee that files a designation of the appointment of a
treasurer under this division if the political action committee is required by
division (A)(1) of section 3517.11 of the Revised Code to file the statements
prescribed by this section with the secretary of state.

(2)
The treasurer appointed under division (D)(1) of this section shall keep a
strict account of all contributions, from whom received and the purpose for
which they were disbursed.

(a)
Except as otherwise provided in section 3517.108 of the Revised Code, a
campaign committee shall deposit all monetary contributions received by the
committee into an account separate from a personal or business account of the
candidate or campaign committee.

(b)
A political action committee shall deposit all monetary contributions received
by the committee into an account separate from all other funds.

(c)
A state or county political party may establish a state candidate fund that is
separate from an account that contains the public moneys received from the Ohio
political party fund under section 3517.17 of the Revised Code and from all
other funds. A state or county political party may deposit into its state
candidate fund any amounts of monetary contributions that are made to or
accepted by the political party subject to the applicable limitations, if any,
prescribed in section 3517.102 of the Revised Code. A state or county political
party shall deposit all other monetary contributions received by the party into
one or more accounts that are separate from its state candidate fund and from
its account that contains the public moneys received from the Ohio political
party fund under section 3517.17 of the Revised Code.

(d)
Each state political party shall have only one legislative campaign fund for
each house of the general assembly. Each such fund shall be separate from any
other funds or accounts of that state party. A legislative campaign fund is
authorized to receive contributions and make expenditures for the primary
purpose of furthering the election of candidates who are members of that
political party to the house of the general assembly with which that
legislative campaign fund is associated. Each legislative campaign fund shall
be administered and controlled in a manner designated by the caucus. As used in
this division, "caucus" has the same meaning as in section 3517.01 of the
Revised Code and includes, as an ex officio member, the chairperson of the
state political party with which the caucus is associated or that chairperson's
designee.

(4)
Every expenditure in excess of twenty-five dollars shall be vouched for by a
receipted bill, stating the purpose of the expenditure, that shall be filed
with the statement of expenditures. A canceled check with a notation of the
purpose of the expenditure is a receipted bill for purposes of division (D)(4)
of this section.

(5)
The
secretary of state or the board of elections, as the case may be, shall issue a
receipt for each statement filed under this section and shall preserve a copy
of the receipt for a period of at least six years. All statements filed under
this section shall be open to public inspection in the office where they are
filed and shall be carefully preserved for a period of at least six years after
the year in which they are filed.

(6)
The secretary of state, by rule adopted pursuant to section 3517.23 of the
Revised Code, shall prescribe both of the following:

(a)
The manner of immediately acknowledging, with date and time received, and
preserving the receipt of statements that are transmitted by electronic means
of transmission to the secretary of state pursuant to this section or section
3517.106, 3517.1011, 3517.1012, 3517.1013, or 3517.1014 of the Revised
Code;

(b)
The
manner of preserving the contribution and expenditure, contribution and
disbursement, deposit and disbursement, gift and disbursement, or donation and
disbursement information in the statements described in division (D)(6)(a) of
this section. The secretary of state shall preserve the contribution and
expenditure, contribution and disbursement, deposit and disbursement, gift and
disbursement, or donation and disbursement information in those statements for
at least ten years after the year in which they are filed by electronic means
of transmission.

(7)
The secretary of state, pursuant to division (I) of section 3517.106 of the
Revised Code, shall make available online to the public through the internet
the contribution and expenditure, contribution and disbursement, deposit and
disbursement, gift and disbursement, or donation and disbursement information
in all statements, all addenda, amendments, or other corrections to statements,
and all amended statements filed with the secretary of state by electronic or
other means of transmission under this section, division (B)(2)(b) or (C)(2)(b)
of section 3517.105, or section 3517.106, 3517.1011, 3517.1012, 3517.1013,
3517.1014, or 3517.11 of the Revised Code. The secretary of state may remove
the information from the internet after a reasonable period of time.

(1)
Any person, political party, campaign committee, legislative campaign fund,
political action committee, or political contributing entity that makes a
contribution in connection with the nomination or election of any candidate or
in connection with any ballot issue or question at any election held or to be
held in this state shall provide its full name and address to the recipient of
the contribution at the time the contribution is made. The political action
committee also shall provide the registration number assigned to the committee
under division (D)(1) of this section to the recipient of the contribution at
the time the contribution is made.

(2)
Any individual who makes a contribution that exceeds one hundred dollars to a
political action committee, political contributing entity, legislative campaign
fund, or political party or to a campaign committee of a statewide candidate or
candidate for the office of member of the general assembly shall provide the
name of the individual's current employer, if any, or, if the individual is
self-employed, the individual's occupation and the name of the individual's
business, if any, to the recipient of the contribution at the time the
contribution is made. Sections 3599.39 and 3599.40 of the Revised Code do not
apply to division (E)(2) of this section.

(3)
If a campaign committee shows that it has exercised its best efforts to obtain,
maintain, and submit the information required under divisions (B)(4)(b)(ii) and
(iii) of this section, that committee is considered to have met the
requirements of those divisions. A campaign committee shall not be considered
to have exercised its best efforts unless, in connection with written
solicitations, it regularly includes a written request for the information
required under division (B)(4)(b)(ii) of this section from the contributor or
the information required under division (B)(4)(b)(iii) of this section from
whoever transmits the contribution.

(4)
Any check that a political action committee uses to make a contribution or an
expenditure shall contain the full name and address of the committee and the
registration number assigned to the committee under division (D)(1) of this
section.

(a)
Except as otherwise provided in division (F)(1) of this section, "address"
means all of the following if they exist: apartment number, street, road, or
highway name and number, rural delivery route number, city or village, state,
and zip code as used in a person's post-office address, but not post-office
box.

(b)
Except as
otherwise provided in division (F)(1) of this section, if an address is
required in this section, a post-office box and office, room, or suite number
may be included in addition to, but not in lieu of, an apartment, street, road,
or highway name and number.

(c)
If an address is required in this section, a campaign committee, political
action committee, legislative campaign fund, political party, or political
contributing entity may use the business or residence address of its treasurer
or deputy treasurer. The post-office box number of the campaign committee,
political action committee, legislative campaign fund, political party, or
political contributing entity may be used in addition to that
address.

(d)
For the
sole purpose of a campaign committee's reporting of contributions on a
statement of contributions received under division (B)(4) of this section,
"address" has one of the following meanings at the option of the campaign
committee:

(ii)
All of the following, if they exist: the contributor's post-office box number
and city or village, state, and zip code as used in the contributor's
post-office address.

(e)
As used with regard to the reporting under this section of any expenditure,
"address" means all of the following if they exist: apartment number, street,
road, or highway name and number, rural delivery route number, city or village,
state, and zip code as used in a person's post-office address, or post-office
box. If an address concerning any expenditure is required in this section, a
campaign committee, political action committee, legislative campaign fund,
political party, or political contributing entity may use the business or
residence address of its treasurer or deputy treasurer or its post-office box
number.

(2)
"Statewide candidate" means the joint candidates for the offices of governor
and lieutenant governor or a candidate for the office of secretary of state,
auditor of state, treasurer of state, attorney general, member of the state
board of education, chief justice of the supreme court, or justice of the
supreme court.

(3)
"Candidate for county office" means a candidate for the office of county
auditor, county treasurer, clerk of the court of common pleas, judge of the
court of common pleas, sheriff, county recorder, county engineer, county
commissioner, prosecuting attorney, or coroner.

(G)
An independent expenditure shall be reported whenever and in the same manner
that an expenditure is required to be reported under this section and shall be
reported pursuant to division (B)(2)(a) or (C)(2)(a) of section 3517.105 of the
Revised Code.

(1)
Except as otherwise provided in division (H)(2) of this section, if, during the
combined pre-election and postelection reporting periods for an election, a
campaign committee has received contributions of five hundred dollars or less
and has made expenditures in the total amount of five hundred dollars or less,
it may file a statement to that effect, under penalty of election
falsification, in lieu of the statement required by division (A)(2) of this
section. The statement shall indicate the total amount of contributions
received and the total amount of expenditures made during those combined
reporting periods.

(2)
In the
case of a successful candidate at a primary election, if either the total
contributions received by or the total expenditures made by the candidate's
campaign committee during the preprimary, postprimary, pregeneral, and
postgeneral election periods combined equal more than five hundred dollars, the
campaign committee may file the statement under division (H)(1) of this section
only for the primary election. The first statement that the campaign committee
files in regard to the general election shall reflect all contributions
received and all expenditures made during the preprimary and postprimary
election periods.

(3)
Divisions
(H)(1) and (2) of this section do not apply if a campaign committee receives
contributions or makes expenditures prior to the first day of January of the
year of the election at which the candidate seeks nomination or election to
office or if the campaign committee does not file a termination statement with
its postprimary election statement in the case of an unsuccessful primary
election candidate or with its postgeneral election statement in the case of
other candidates.

(I)
In the case of a contribution made by a partner of a partnership or an owner or
a member of another unincorporated business from any funds of the partnership
or other unincorporated business, all of the following apply:

(1)
The recipient of the contribution shall report the contribution by listing both
the partnership or other unincorporated business and the name of the partner,
owner, or member making the contribution.

(2)
In reporting the contribution, the recipient of the contribution shall be
entitled to conclusively rely upon the information provided by the partnership
or other unincorporated business, provided that the information includes one of
the following:

(a)
The name
of each partner, owner, or member as of the date of the contribution or
contributions, and a statement that the total contributions are to be allocated
equally among all of the partners, owners, or members; or

(b)
The name of each partner, owner, or member as of the date of the contribution
or contributions who is participating in the contribution or contributions, and
a statement that the contribution or contributions are to be allocated to those
individuals in accordance with the information provided by the partnership or
other unincorporated business to the recipient of the contribution.

(3)
For
purposes of section 3517.102 of the Revised Code, the contribution shall be
considered to have been made by the partner, owner, or member reported under
division (I)(1) of this section.

(4)
No contribution from a partner of a partnership or an owner or a member of
another unincorporated business shall be accepted from any funds of the
partnership or other unincorporated business unless the recipient reports the
contribution under division (I)(1) of this section together with the
information provided under division (I)(2) of this section.

(5)
No partnership or other unincorporated business shall make a contribution or
contributions solely in the name of the partnership or other unincorporated
business.

(6)
As used
in division (I) of this section, "partnership or other unincorporated business"
includes, but is not limited to, a cooperative, a sole proprietorship, a
general partnership, a limited partnership, a limited partnership association,
a limited liability partnership, and a limited liability company.

(J)
A
candidate shall have only one campaign committee at any given time for all of
the offices for which the person is a candidate or holds office.

(1)
In addition to filing a designation of appointment of a treasurer under
division (D)(1) of this section, the campaign committee of any candidate for an
elected municipal office that pays an annual amount of compensation of five
thousand dollars or less, the campaign committee of any candidate for member of
a board of education except member of the state board of education, or the
campaign committee of any candidate for township trustee or township fiscal
officer may sign, under penalty of election falsification, a certificate
attesting that the committee will not accept contributions during an election
period that exceed in the aggregate two thousand dollars from all contributors
and one hundred dollars from any one individual, and that the campaign
committee will not make expenditures during an election period that exceed in
the aggregate two thousand dollars.

The certificate shall
be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state and shall be filed not later
than ten days after the candidate files a declaration of candidacy and
petition, a nominating petition, or a declaration of intent to be a write-in
candidate.

(2)
Except as
otherwise provided in division (K)(3) of this section, a campaign committee
that files a certificate under division (K)(1) of this section is not required
to file the statements required by division (A) of this section.

(3)
If, after filing a certificate under division (K)(1) of this section, a
campaign committee exceeds any of the limitations described in that division
during an election period, the certificate is void and thereafter the campaign
committee shall file the statements required by division (A) of this section.
If the campaign committee has not previously filed a statement, then on the
first statement the campaign committee is required to file under division (A)
of this section after the committee's certificate is void, the committee shall
report all contributions received and expenditures made from the time the
candidate filed the candidate's declaration of candidacy and petition,
nominating petition, or declaration of intent to be a write-in
candidate.

(4)
As used
in division (K) of this section, "election period" means the period of time
beginning on the day a person files a declaration of candidacy and petition,
nominating petition, or declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate
through the day of the election at which the person seeks nomination to office
if the person is not elected to office, or, if the candidate was nominated in a
primary election, the day of the election at which the candidate seeks
office.

(L)
A
political contributing entity that receives contributions from the dues,
membership fees, or other assessments of its members or from its officers,
shareholders, and employees may report the aggregate amount of contributions
received from those contributors and the number of individuals making those
contributions, for each filing period under divisions (A)(1), (2), (3), and (4)
of this section, rather than reporting information as required under division
(B)(4) of this section, including, when applicable, the name of the current
employer, if any, of a contributor whose contribution exceeds one hundred
dollars or, if such a contributor is self-employed, the contributor's
occupation and the name of the contributor's business, if any. Division (B)(4)
of this section applies to a political contributing entity with regard to
contributions it receives from all other contributors.

Amended by
129th General AssemblyFile
No.40, HB 194,
§1 Made subject to
referendum in the Nov. 6, 2012 election. The version of this section thus
amended was repealed by
129th General AssemblyFile
No.105, SB 295,
§1, eff.
8/15/2012.